1915- 2012 - war artist WW II, finalist in the Archibald Portrait prize a number of times an, involved with the Hut Gallery. Lived later life in Sri Lanka and buried in Colombo

https://www.smh.com.au/national/former-war-artist-was-from-another-age-20121130-2amm3.html

"Artist and War Veteran
13-8-1915 - 15-11-2012
John Frawley was best known as one of the ''hills'' artists who painted, sculpted and potted in secluded studios in the Dandenongs and showed their work at The Hut Gallery in Ferntree Gully. He was also an unofficial war artist in World War II with much of his work now housed in the National War Memorial in Canberra and at the Royal Australian Armoured Corps Memorial and Army Tank Museum at Puckapunyal. The Sydney Morning Herald, ""Former war artist was from another age"",
- Christopher Akehurst,December 1, 2012."